Some site preparation has started and construction will begin in the next week or two, said Dave Messner, senior vice president of real estate at Costco.

The 148,000-square-foot store will be typical of the other Costco stores in North Texas, but it's the first inside the city limits of Dallas. It will have fuel pumps outside and a pharmacy, optical, bakery and deli inside.

"Finding a Dallas store had been a priority for some time," Messner said.

Costco took several years to decide on this former park and ride location north of Medical City Hospital, but just inside LBJ Freeway. Here are a couple previous stories that explain what took so long: